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Greenwich Village Quotes

Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts Picture Quote #1

I had wanted to come back to Greenwich Village ever since I had left Waverly Place, and since moving to West Eleventh Street, I have never lived anyplace else. I do not want to. That is not because of what the Village is but because of what I have made it, and what I have made it depends on who I am at the time Picture Quote #1

Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets and eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and I’ve been up all night, talking, talking, reading the Kaddish aloud, listening to Ray Charles blues shout blind on the phonograph Picture Quote #1

I couldn’t help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open-mic night at a Greenwich Village cafÃƒÂ© Picture Quote #1

My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school down in Greenwich Village. I had to take the elevated train and then the subway to get there Picture Quote #1

I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the one-lungers and the has-beens and the might’ve beens and the would-bes and the never-wills and the God-knows-whats, I have always felt at home Picture Quote #1

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We had been reading about these beatniks who hung out or lived in Greenwich Village, and we wanted to find out what a ‘beatnik’ was, and so a friend and I went right to the source. What we learned, of course, was that beatniks were mostly artists Picture Quote #1

I was going to public school in the post-World War II, the grey doldrum years. But I was in this extraordinary environment of Manhattan, of Greenwich Village, of bohemian parents Picture Quote #1

I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village Picture Quote #1

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village Picture Quote #1

A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter’s garret in Paris or the poet’s pad in Greenwich Village, the artist must have some kind of order or he will proudce a very small body of work. To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order Picture Quote #1

Greenwich Village always had its share of mind readers, but there are many more these days, and they seem to have moved closer to the mainstream of life in the city. What was crazy 10 years ago is now respectable, even among the best-educated New Yorkers Picture Quote #1

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I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple of hecklers and figures there was some Big Daddy in me, just lyin’ dormant. And out it came. People still do call me Big Daddy, but to me, inside, I’m no Big Daddy at all Picture Quote #1

I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it’s happening Picture Quote #1

My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters Picture Quote #1

Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I’m a wealthy man Picture Quote #1

My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he’d be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets Picture Quote #1

My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the ‘Village Voice’ and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar Picture Quote #1

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I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono Picture Quote #1

I couldn't help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open mic night at a Greenwich Village café Picture Quote #1

I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation Picture Quote #1

Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village Picture Quote #1

I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village Picture Quote #1

But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there Picture Quote #1

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Greenwich Village... the village of low rents and high arts (Greenwich Village Quotes) I had wanted to come back to Greenwich Village ever since I had left Waverly Place, and since moving to West Eleventh Street, I have never lived anyplace else. I do not want to. That is not because of what the Village is but because of what I have made it, and what I have made it depends on who I am at the time (Greenwich Village Quotes) Strange now to think of you, gone without corsets and eyes, while I walk on the sunny pavement of Greenwich Village. downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and I’ve been up all night, talking, talking, reading the Kaddish aloud, listening to Ray Charles blues shout blind on the phonograph (Greenwich Village Quotes) I couldn’t help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open-mic night at a Greenwich Village cafÃƒÂ©. (Greenwich Village Quotes) My older brother was a musical prodigy, and he got a scholarship to the Bronx House Music School. We moved to the Bronx when I was 4 to be close to his music school. Then I got a music scholarship myself, at the age of 6, but that was for a school down in Greenwich Village. I had to take the elevated train and then the subway to get there. (Greenwich Village Quotes) I never felt at home. I stuck outIn New York City, especially in Greenwich Village, down among the cranks and the misfits and the one-lungers and the has-beens and the might’ve beens and the would-bes and the never-wills and the God-knows-whats, I have always felt at home. (Greenwich Village Quotes) We had been reading about these beatniks who hung out or lived in Greenwich Village, and we wanted to find out what a ‘beatnik’ was, and so a friend and I went right to the source. What we learned, of course, was that beatniks were mostly artists. (Greenwich Village Quotes) I was going to public school in the post-World War II, the grey doldrum years. But I was in this extraordinary environment of Manhattan, of Greenwich Village, of bohemian parents. (Greenwich Village Quotes) I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village. (Greenwich Village Quotes) Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village. (Greenwich Village Quotes) A life lived in chaos is an impossibility for the artist. No matter how unstructured may seem the painter’s garret in Paris or the poet’s pad in Greenwich Village, the artist must have some kind of order or he will proudce a very small body of work. To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order (Greenwich Village Quotes) Greenwich Village always had its share of mind readers, but there are many more these days, and they seem to have moved closer to the mainstream of life in the city. What was crazy 10 years ago is now respectable, even among the best-educated New Yorkers (Greenwich Village Quotes) I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple of hecklers and figures there was some Big Daddy in me, just lyin’ dormant. And out it came. People still do call me Big Daddy, but to me, inside, I’m no Big Daddy at all (Greenwich Village Quotes) I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it’s happening (Greenwich Village Quotes) My look was even more solidified when I started singing in Greenwich Village with my sister Lucy. We wore matching dresses as the Simon Sisters (Greenwich Village Quotes) Now, twenty years old, I come out and I go back to Greenwich Village. Now, of course, I’m a wealthy man (Greenwich Village Quotes) My father took me back home, back to Greenwich Village, and he thought by taking me out of the orphanage he’d be out of the World War too. But no way - they got him anyway. He went in the Navy and then I lived on the streets (Greenwich Village Quotes) My art teacher in junior high was a very out gay man and a mentor to me. He would tell us about Greenwich Village and show us the ‘Village Voice’ and describe his life, but it was all sort of subversive and below the radar (Greenwich Village Quotes) I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Greenwich Village Quotes) I couldn't help but think, This car is taking me to a mental hospital and my mother is treating it like open mic night at a Greenwich Village café (Greenwich Village Quotes) I grew up in New York City in Greenwich Village and had parents who were somewhat bohemian so I was always on the nonconformist side of the equation (Greenwich Village Quotes) Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village (Greenwich Village Quotes) I always got a kick out of it when they called it the California Sound because it really came out of Liverpool and Greenwich Village (Greenwich Village Quotes) But in my imagination this whole thing developed and I started mixing up old folk songs with the Beatles beat and taking them down to Greenwich Village and playing them for the people there (Greenwich Village Quotes)